Improvement in mucilage-holders



ttted mes @anni didine.

JAMES M. KEEP,- or NEW*YoRKN.- Y.

' Letters-PatentNo. 100,640, dated March 8,1870.

y IMPRQVEMENT IN` Milanese-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES M. Kuur, of New York city, in the county of New York, `and in the State of- 4NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Holder or Case for Mucilage; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descripsolid or semi-solid cement or` mucilage in suc-ha man` ner as that, while in a convenient form for use, it may be readily carried in a pocket;Y and to this end,

It consists in the employment of a caseor holder constructed Vsubstantially Y, as hereinafter shown and combined, with a stick of adhesivecomposition, for the purpose specified. i

ln the annexed drawing- A represents a metal tube or case, having att-ached loosely to one of its ends a cap, B, to the center of "which is secured one end of a rod, C, that-from thence extends longitudinally through thecenter of the open! ing within said case, and is provided with' a male screw-` thread. As thus `constructed, the cap B, and with it theserew C, may he rotated upon and within the case` 4by means ofthe thumb and finger.

I) represents a cylinder or stick of adhesive composition, corresponding in size and shape with and fitting into the interior of said case A, and havin'giu and .through itscenter, longitudinally, au opening, d, provided witlra female serew-thread with and receives the screwG.

A rib, a, extending longitudinally along the interior of the case A, and fitting into a corresponding groove, c, within the cylinder of adhesive composition, holds which corresponds said cylinder and case in the' same relative positions radially, without in the least obstructing the longitudinal lmovement of the former within the latter.

1f, now, the cap B and screw 0 are rotated, the adhesive composition being held in position radially, will be moved longitudinally within thecase A, by which means the outer end of said com position may be caused to project beyond said case, when desired for use, or atv other times vwithdrawn within the latter, and prevented from coming in contact with the clothes or other ob- 'ects. l J An adjustable cap, E, for coveringgtlre open end of the case, completes the device, whicl1,fro'm its form and size, may be readily carried within-the "pocket, and thus enable each person to have at hand at all times a convenient andisimple means of using an adhesive-mixture, as occasion may present.

desired to use a semi-solid adhesection of the cylinder I), and working upon the screw C., may be yemployed to force said composition out of the case, as it may be needed for use.

`If desired, a female screw-thread may be provided upon the interior` of the case A, and the stick or cylinder 1), having a corresponding male screw-thread upon its periphery, may be caused to revolve therein by means of-a square rod, 0,1itting into a corresponding opening within said cylinder, but as such an arrangement would be only a modification of .my hereinbefore described device, it is not deemed necessary to illustrate the same in the drawing.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits 0f my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is

'lhe case or holder A, provided'with the caps B and E, the' screw C, and the rib a, or their equivalents, in combination with the' stick of adhesive composition D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

lu testimony that I claim the foregoingl have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February, 1870'. Witnesses: J. M. KEEP.

GEO. C. CHARLESWORTH, Gno. E. J Ewnr'r. 

